Abstract: A system is provided for removing arsenic from water to safe levels at or below the EPA standards. The system is a hybrid spouted vessel/fixed bed filter system that significantly enhances/improves arsenic removal for drinking water using zero-valent iron (ZVI) particles. Movement of the circulating, iron-containing particles in a dense moving bed that forms on the spouted vessel bottom creates an abrasive “self-polishing” action among them that continuously generates colloidal iron corrosion products. This material then circulates with the water in the vessel and is removed and concentrated in a fixed bed filter. The colloidal material captured and immobilized in the filter has been shown to remove arsenic from contaminated water at very rapid rates.
Type:
Application
Filed:
February 15, 2013
Publication date:
September 5, 2013
Applicant:
BROWN UNIVERSITY, BROWN TECHNOLOGY PARTNERSHIPS
Inventors:
Joseph Calo, Madhavan Lakshmi, Johannes Kirchner, Euan Bain
Abstract: An improved test apparatus and method for assessing visual learning in mammals is provided. The stimuli presented to the mammal are disposed and arranged on the floor of the test apparatus instead of on the walls.
Type:
Application
Filed:
April 30, 2009
Publication date:
April 28, 2011
Applicant:
BROWN UNIVERSITY, BROWN TECHNOLOGY PARTNERSHIPS
Abstract: The invention provides compositions and methods for treating, preventing, and diagnosing diseases or conditions associated with an abnormal level or activity of biglycan; disorders associated with an unstable cytoplasmic membrane, due, e.g., to an unstable dystrophin associated protein complex (DAPC); disorders associated with abnormal synapses or neuromuscular junctions, including those resulting from an abnormal MuSK activation or acetylcholine receptor (AChR) aggregation. Example of diseases include muscular dystrophies, such as Duchenne's Muscular Dystrophy, Becker's Muscular Dystrophy, neuromuscular disorders and neurological disorders.
Type:
Application
Filed:
July 6, 2009
Publication date:
May 27, 2010
Applicant:
Brown Technology Partnerships
Inventors:
Justin R. Fallon, Beth McKechnie, Michael Rafii, Hilliary Creely, Mark A. Bowe, Raymond Ferri, Alison Amenta, Mary Lynn Mercado, Hiroki Hagiwara
Abstract: Transparent monolithic aerogels based on silica, the bioderived polymer chitosan, and coordinated ions are employed to serve as a three-dimensional scaffold decorated with metal ions such as Au, Pt and Pd ions. It has also been found that the metal aerogels, such as Au(III) aerogels, can be imaged photolytically to produce nanoparticles.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 26, 2004
Date of Patent:
July 3, 2007
Assignee:
Brown Technology Partnerships
Inventors:
William M. Risen, Jr., Xipeng Liu, Chunhua Yao, Yu Zhu